Violence, a physical behavior intended to hurt someone.
Violence, the strike from his hand to her face.
Violence, the screamed threats as she cries.
I try not to panic.
Violence, was it intentional or did he just lash out?
Violence, is his word true beyond a doubt?
Violence, he tells us that he’s sorry.
I try to believe it.
Violence, the unlawful act of intimidation by exhibition.
Violence, the controller smashing into the TV.
Violence, an infant crying amidst the chaos.
I try to keep him calm.
Violence, she says that he loves us.
Violence, she claims he won’t hurt us.
Violence, I tell her she’s in denial.
She shuts me out.
Violence, strength of an emotion.
Violence, her screech at him to get out.
Violence, the slam of the door at his palm.
He leaves for hours.
Violence, her pleads over the phone to him.
Violence, his willingness to come back.
Violence, we never get to leave.
I tried to stay.
I tried to keep her safe.
I tried to break the violence.
But it is stronger than you think.
The dictionary is bedeviling me,
Open at a whim,
To glance all the wonderful words within.
Caught in its spell,
The words jumble,
And tell,
All about the world without.
The pieces all have meaning,
And though it may be lost,
Each word in the dictionary,
Has a cost.
Too often the words will tell,
And cast a spell.
Of stories or poems,
I can tell!
That ancient dictionary is very informative
It gives the words meanings, origins in details and opposites
Etymology and scientific historical search
As guardians of our own hearts
We've felt ourselves sprout from this mild dirt.
Aligned now in rows of love flowers,
We guard ourselves.
Storm after storm.
I think
pals are like a dictionary
I look at and love
it is not for their faults
to see my own faults through them.
There are faults in the dictionary
I think
we realizes and corrects
our own shortcomings
through the dictionary.
dictionary pup wanted to know each and every word.
he read the encyclopedias, which some said was absurd.
he took a pile of magazines and novels to his bed.
falling asleep among books that were green, blue and red.
you have to cut this out, his mother said, quite stern.
but how else will I glean knowledge? How else will I learn?
she had no argument for that, so he kept doing what he did.
he is a college professor at Yale, this inquisitive pup kid.
Let’s agree that our words mean something;
words like Ma and Pa, all those proto-vowels,
but also ‘prestigious’ and ‘disambiguation’
they also are layered with insights
for the perceptive.
Words can be as layered as Damascus steel,
more so,
they many even have roots
as deep as earth-time itself.
All interesting words have a winding history,
their meanings are associated,
linked with many more meanings.
Such words are symbols for myriad realities.
This kind of inquiry is never ending.
interpretation cannot be superficial,
poetry demands a deeper seeing.
Some words have no inner-life of their own,
such words have a paucity, a dearth,
they are derivatives of a shallow concept
given unsustainable implications.
From the very start they were everlastingly
empty.
The astute choose words
that mean more than can be said.
Dr Johnson I presume
May I enquire why Sir
This 2nd edition of your dictionary
Has so very few words and only 1 page
in it
Such as and if I may , can I quote you
Contempt
Corruption
Cruelty
Deceit
Disregard
Genocide
Lies
Manipulation
Power
Oh or am I missing the point is this
indeed in fact the Machiavelli
Political and Power special edition
They use to put your hand on for
swearing in ceremonies
The truth and nothing but the truth
So help me God
LITTLE CHILD read the dictionary:
a poem about all things!
Strains of marigold those
shadows of dancing old!
Ashes to ash all-in-all
a mental addiction
burning wells of poetry
all souls a poem
Cut yourself with A's
and create imaginary gardens
with real toads
real change -- the only poem
And Life is brazenly amazing
leaving no time for thought.
is what i heard.
:: 12.28.2021 ::
Man is a living thing
With going perspectives
With changes
In characters and behaviours
In the spiritual and mterial worlds
Too difficult to understand thoroughly
Are psychology, philosophy, religion
The dictionaries
To solve these puzzles
I wonder
Many a keyword
To the godown of knowledge
To the secrets of language
To the secrets of facts and logics
To the secrets of life
But not the secrets of the unknown
Which needs a keyword to
An almighty dictionary
—A religion
Gail R DeBole
Written on 7/12/2021
The committee’s task was to remove
Word-fossils from dictionaries no longer used.
These were concepts no longer respected
By a society that was less introspective.
“Privacy” was a concept frowned upon.
Social media had turned the world around.
To be “private” was now a criminal offense.
Not being transparent made others quite tense.
Discretion was an idea that no longer applied
Since every move someone made was video-fried
Onto public storage and could be referred to at will
by everyone certified with an info-access skill.
Oh, there were a few protesters older than most.
The same people who still used a toaster for toast.
The upcoming genos – younger and hipper than most
Removed words representing concepts that were now ghosts.
addICT - computer nerd with obsessive will
convICT – cybercriminal with pockets to fill
contradICTion - system error likely a fatal fault
afflICTion - computer bug everything grinds to a halt
evICT - delete files not required
verdICT – output results so desired
restrICTion – cybersecurity all under lock and key
benedICTion - data protection means privacy for you and me
derelICT - system obsolescence the queue to scrap
vICTory - successful implementation the progress map
fICTion - virtual reality is all around
dICTate - speech recognition translates sound
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2021 March 21 *1st Place*
List With A Twist
Sponsored by: Charles Messina
I want to write a poem;
I crave it so badly that I even call myself a poet.
Oh, how I dream about words carelessly
and ceaselessly flowing down on papers,
The kind of stanzas that no one will understand
but still, read on with awe;
How I wish I could compose with rhymes so clear
and the rhythm so captivating,
Beautifully scribbled and incontestable.
Call this a poem if you would,
But it doesn't rhyme and you'll need no dictionary.
I'm working on it and I'll write again tomorrow,
Maybe worse or maybe better.
The contest goes on and I still envy the poets
But once upon a verse; I, too, will be one.
at dawn i hug an armful of words - open dictionary.
i toss them in the air like confetti confectionary.
like sherbert they’re my own flavor’d dialect creamery.
i t a l i c s and bold, often deliciously contrary.
a twirling baton, orchestrated seriously — ‘musingly.
sadly twilight, strong and full of bright, smashingly
whispers “goodnight” and tucks away my darling poetry.
yawn...morning stars dreamily arrive on time, quickly.
new dawn, perchance happens upon an open dictionary.
2/23/2020
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